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Public domain. Pixabay Speaking 1) What can you see in this picture? 2) What words come to your mind in connection with the word crime? 3) Make a list of different types of crime and the people involved in each type of crime. 4) What type of crime is common in Spain? How does Spain compare with other types of crime in the US, for example?   First we'll work on vocabulary and then on crimes that have shaken the people around the world and the media. Vocabulary. Part 1 Complete Worksheet 1 about types of crme, criminals and crime verbs. How much vocabulary do you remember? Try this quiz . Any good? That's great Now you are going to do something more challenging, mindmaps . Click on the link below to see a better picture. Image by Nicogauro. Wikipedia. CC BY SA Mindmaps can be very useful to remember a lot of vocabulary. Click here to see an example of a mindmap about crime . You will notice that it has only some of the types of crime that we have...

Photo by Cancillería Ecuador CC BY SA Angelina Jolie is a famous actress. Have you been to the cinema to see her latest film, Maleficent ? She is the villain in the film. This post is not about her film but about Angelina's humanitarian work and the recent news about a summit to be celebrated in London on victims of sexual violence in war. You are going to read a news report and watch a video about this crime. Before you read What can you see in the picture below?  What are the faces of these women telling you?  Is there justice in their country? Public domain   Read the news about a summit in London Who is going to host the summit? What is the objective of the summit? Which countries are taking part? What "weapon of war" does the article refer to? What is the international protocol trying to achieve? What does this expression mean?: It was time to get rid of the "stigma and shame attached to it" Watch this video Sexual...